Prospect — Glasnevin Cemetery

Attached three-bay two-storey neo-Classical gate lodge and gate screen, built c. 1832, located at east entrance to Glasnevin Cemetery. Rectangular plan with projecting single-storey porch to front (north), attached outbuilding to west. Hipped slate roof having leaded ridges and hips; ruled and lined corniced chimneystack with clay pots to rear (south) wall head. Concealed gutters and cast-iron downpipes. Unpainted ruled-and-lined cement-rendered walling with moulded cornice and lead-lined blocking course to main volume and porch, with continuous sill course at first floor. Square-headed window openings with plain reveals, projecting granite sills to ground floor and timber sliding sash windows, front having six-over-six pane to ground floor and three-over-six pane to first floor; side elevations having four-over-eight pane to first floor and eight-over-eight pane (east) and six-over-six pane (west) to ground floor; round-headed windows to side elevations of porch, with moulded archivolts and six-pane timber casement or fixed windows with fanlights, moulded imposts and granite sills. Round-arch opening to outer side of porch, with moulded archivolt and impost course, and square-headed doorway to inner side with timber doorcase having scrolled brackets supporting entablature and having timber door with four flat panels; flagged floor to porch interior. Outbuilding to west having half-hipped slate roof, painted rendered walling with engaged columns flanking blocked vehicular entrance to front, pilasters to corners, and random rubble rear elevation. Attached quadrant gate screen to east comprising rusticated granite triumphal arch with cornice, blocking course, moulded imposts, keystoned archivolt, frieze inscribed 'Beati Mortui Qui in Domino Moriuntur', and limestone cross finial; decorative double-leaf cast-iron gate and railings on rendered plinth wall; double-height rendered screen wall to north side of gate screen proportioned as east elevation of lodge. Flagged entrance.